 | Sheltering Women: Negotiating Gender and Violence in Northern Italy Subjects: Women -- Italy -- Parma -- Social conditions; Sex role -- Italy -- Parma; Wife abuse -- Italy -- Parma; Abused wives -- Italy -- Parma; Abused women -- Italy -- Parma; An ethnographic study of women's shelters in Parma, Italy, this book examines how local residents understand, explain, and negotiate gender relations and intimate partner violence. Sonja Plesset teaches Anthropology and writing for the Expository Writing Program at Harvard University. |
